I am currently renovating an apartment. It had 2 storage heaters in the living area, each with its own spur. On the wall, there was a little box with a dial and an air intake, which I presume was some sort of thermostat. It says "Storage Heater Central Control System".
I removed the storage heaters as I wanted to replace them with a single Haverland 1500W electric heater. As part of this, I also removed the box on the wall. This was connected with 2 brown (live) electrical wires and an earth wire.
I wired the new electric heater into one of the spurs that had been used by the storage heater. However, no power is flowing (I have verified the heater is working using a 3 pin socket).
It occurred to me that the little unit on the wall was in some way controlling the mains feed to the spur (ie it cut the power to the spur when the desired temp was reached.) Unfortunately, I had disposed of the control unit at that point. I tried to couple the live wires that had previously fed the control unit, but this made no difference.
Just wondering if I'm missing something simple. I'm only in the apartment 2 evenings per week, so co-ordinating with an electrician is difficult.
I removed the storage heaters as I wanted to replace them with a single Haverland 1500W electric heater. As part of this, I also removed the box on the wall. This was connected with 2 brown (live) electrical wires and an earth wire.
I wired the new electric heater into one of the spurs that had been used by the storage heater. However, no power is flowing (I have verified the heater is working using a 3 pin socket).
It occurred to me that the little unit on the wall was in some way controlling the mains feed to the spur (ie it cut the power to the spur when the desired temp was reached.) Unfortunately, I had disposed of the control unit at that point. I tried to couple the live wires that had previously fed the control unit, but this made no difference.
Just wondering if I'm missing something simple. I'm only in the apartment 2 evenings per week, so co-ordinating with an electrician is difficult.